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Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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aexplore.exe (aexplore.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 11%
Average RAM for this program: 67 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

aexplore.exe - AOL explorer web browser.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

aexplore.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



Identification

In addition to the file name, aexplore.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:America Online
Product contains:AOL Service Libraries

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called aexplore.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
aexplore.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10x42be3133b5ed380505649ea04e47faf875344 bytes
20x58af710fbce36ebd241535372264d5cb75376 bytes
30x7da05cf8e35334f57b06e45853c133e71294336 bytes
40x37f0b262a8189a60312f22da2fa3078775376 bytes
50xc29fc28f568c56d06b5d184bdda0f3c575112 bytes
60xa139d08bf5fa5df7e84c8f0649c1e7af75320 bytes
70x1546edaeb9f66e74dad3b4ef04f6e0e575112 bytes
80xf68db153596c654079013261e4ff2f9775112 bytes
90x71f40ab768a770ab8fc5841fc885e02375344 bytes
100xc8e044dcb14d83f0009d9feaf0358f5875320 bytes
110xda14c649e7a715ee62a5b9dfc533e61475376 bytes
120x12dcbf7f10322c8bc1c402000ceab0dc75344 bytes
130x586f9e3b51e33cbe1e9b8c6d07bf6eee75344 bytes
140x4a5b11fff6549379ad40edb8643f2c9175112 bytes
150xaba7605d477ba731f2f4d595b258590075112 bytes
160x348e2e7aa4c2f18d346e01648b9f829f75376 bytes
170x5e5b0b953e7e0f6b99d7920699000e4275112 bytes
180x09b9a7c4c5766b105c0b71c12c732e2974536 bytes
190xba21c645b17aeecf9f4ffff0ff00458975376 bytes
200x6f02164b4301b4913657e8aa44cd63fd75376 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. aexplore.exe (aexplore.exe) has been seen on 0.04% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 67 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 11%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.aol.com

Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_a.htm

Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.